Governor Jan Brewer has the opportunity not found in every generation, an opportunity to earn a place in American History aside Founders and Framers.

Is the Governor the highest elected official in a Sovereign State, or not?

Is she willing to risk Federal wrath by ignoring the Court and the Executive?

Is she willing to do the job she was elected to do by the people of Arizona?

Is she willing to put her Guard and Troopers at entry-points to the State and deny access by Feds? Is she willing to shut down Fed offices by posting a Trooper at the door? Is she ready to issue an eviction notice to all FedGov employees?

Is she ready to order illegals marched over her Southern border whence they came?

In Chicago, those mysterious, descriptionless young people just keep killing other mysterious, descriptionless young people.--Lawrence Auster at amnation.com

What if - Tonight we report on the most recent wave of racist whites organizing unprovoked attacks on innocent black people and their businesses.--Walter Williams at lewrockwell.com

Had the American media scrutinized Obama as closely as they would have treated any white Republican, his road to the White House would have probably been impassable, but another agenda had to be served.--Hannes Wessels at takimag.com

Europe's highest court ruled that workers who happened to get sick on vacation were legally entitled to take another paid vacation.--Mark Perry, Carpe Diem via Warren Meyer at coyoteblog.com

Chicago - An influential alderman warned Metra's executive director on Thursday that “people are going to get hurt” if the commuter rail agency fails to bolster minority participation.--Fran Spielman at suntimes.com

About UN 'climate change' fanatics - They are nation wrecking, planet wrecking garbage pod people mimics on the left side of the r/K ratio. They are like boll weevil bipeds in manpants. Blowflies with lips and cell phones.--Texas Arcane at vault-co.blogspot.com

The nation's economy has collapsed (not "is about to collapse") and is being propped up by explicit debasement of everyone's wealth through government deficit spending—a path that will eventually lead to the collapse of the government itself.--Karl Denninger at market-ticker.org

Federal regulations can be maddening, but none more so than a current one that demands oil refiners use millions of gallons of a substance, cellulosic ethanol, that does not exist... "None, not one drop of cellulosic ethanol has been produced commercially"... And yet, they still have to pay what amounts to fines.--Jim Angle at foxnews.com

Psychiatrists, after all, spend their lives observing people: it obviously takes years of study, training, thought, discussion, reading, and reflection to know so little about them. Such ignorance does not come naturally.--Theodore Dalrymple at pjmedia.com

On 25 June 1876 Lt. Col. George Custer and his 7th Cavalry, invading Sioux territory, were caught & annihilated by the defending Sioux at the Battle of Little Big Horn. How you view this outcome depends on whether you are (1) a Sioux, (2) a Southerner, or (3) a Custer fan, which presupposes a vast ignorance of the subject.

The Dutch government says it will abandon the long-standing model of multiculturalism that has encouraged Muslim immigrants to create a parallel society within the Netherlands.

A new integration bill (covering letter and 15-page action plan), which Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner presented to parliament on June 16, reads: "The government shares the social dissatisfaction over the multicultural society model and plans to shift priority to the values of the Dutch people. In the new integration system, the values of the Dutch society play a central role. With this change, the government steps away from the model of a multicultural society."

The letter continues: "A more obligatory integration is justified because the government also demands that from its own citizens. It is necessary because otherwise the society gradually grows apart and eventually no one feels at home anymore in the Netherlands. The integration will not be tailored to different groups."

The new integration policy will place more demands on immigrants. For example, immigrants will be required to learn the Dutch language, and the government will take a tougher approach to immigrants to ignore Dutch values or disobey Dutch law.

The government will also stop offering special subsidies for Muslim immigrants because, according to Donner, "it is not the government's job to integrate immigrants." The government will introduce new legislation that outlaws forced marriages and will also impose tougher measures against Muslim immigrants who lower their chances of employment by the way they dress. More specifically, the government will impose a ban on face-covering Islamic burqas as of January 1, 2013.

If necessary, the government will introduce extra measures to allow the removal of residence permits from immigrants who fail their integration course.

A Minneapolis man says he suffered a concussion after receiving a beating from five police officers who attacked him after they noticed he was carrying a gun in his waist band, WCCO-TV in Minnesota reports.

The problem is, Zachary King has a concealed carry permit to lawfully carry the firearm. He argues police still attacked him anyway as he was leaving a local nightclub on Father’s Day night even after he told them he was carrying the permit.

“’I have my conceal and carry, and it’s my gun.’ And soon as I said that he grabbed me by my neck, slammed me against the wall, snatched my gun out the holster, started waving it in the air saying ‘gun, gun, gun,’” King said.

King also told WCCO he said nothing disrespectful to the officers and made no sudden movements that could have warranted the reaction from police.

“Then four other officers just came and slammed me on my face, one of the officers had me by my head just banging it on the sidewalk,” he said.

The permit was eventually discovered but King was reportedly taken to jail anyway.

In the Humpty-Dumpty world of 21st-century global geopolitics, words mean just what the media and official government press secretaries choose them to mean — neither more nor less. And not just words, but events as well: if the following article from Kopp Online is accurate, both Syrian rebels and cynical Western political leaders have successfully mastered the deceptive media-manipulation techniques pioneered by “Pallywood”.

Note: the journalist quoted in this article was interviewed before the downing of the Turkish jet in Syrian coastal waters — an event that adds another layer of intrigue to what is described below.

Many thanks to Hermes for the translation:

Eyewitness account: Media lies about Syria unveiled in an interview

by Natalia Mihailova

The independent journalist Anhar Kochnewa has been living and working for more than ten years in Syria. According to her descriptions, the situation in Syria is by no means that which the mainstream media depicts in their reports. Kochnewa was born in Russia, and speaks Arabic fluently. Her friends and neighbors are completely normal Syrians. She travels the same streets and districts of Damascus and also goes shopping there like any other of the locals in the Syrian capital. We talked with her not long ago, and also asked her about the reasons for the unrests which have been raging for so long in Syria.

The House Oversight Committee voted last week to begin Contempt of Congress proceedings against porpoise-faced Attorney General Eric Holder. Although the vote was a reaction to Holder’s stonewalling in the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal, America’s wormy, mustachioed AG has shown flagrant contempt for the popular will during his entire tenure. With ghastly consistency, he has enforced laws that appeal to his radical progressive agenda and ignored the ones he doesn’t like.

Only two weeks after being sworn in as Attorney General, Holder called America a “nation of cowards” regarding racial matters. Way to get started on the good foot and charm the socks off the heartland, fella! The only cowards I see are the spineless geeks terrified of being called “racist” and the yella-bellies who are morbidly afraid of honestly examining other explanations for disparities in crime and income besides ye olde bugaboo of “racism.”

Although the story has largely been suppressed by the leftist media’s barking megaphones, Holder’s racial double standards were made evident in his refusal to prosecute the New Black Panthers in Philadelphia for voter intimidation during the 2008 presidential election. Department of Justice attorney J. Christian Adams had claimed, “I was told by voting section management that cases are not going to be brought against black defendants on [behalf] of white victims.”

Holder’s response to the hubbub revealed his ethno-nationalist sympathies:

“The problem here is that ‘his’ people aren’t really ‘the’ people—i.e., the majority of people.”

When you compare what people endured in the South in the ’60s to try to get the right to vote for African Americans, to compare what people subjected to that with what happened in Philadelphia…I think does a great disservice to people who put their lives on the line for my people.

A grieving mother told a South Carolina court she was slapped with several bills, including one to clean the street after her son was killed by a drunken driver last year.

Loretta Robinson spoke on June 19 of the emotional and financial toll her son Justin Walker's death had on her as the driver Anna Gonzales, who is an illegal immigrant, pleaded guilty in the case.

Robinson told the judge she has been unable to work due to the emotional impact of her son's death, and can't pay the bills she keeps receiving from the accident even though her son was not at fault, WYFF reports.

"I had to pay to have the vehicle towed," she said according to WYFF. "I had to pay for the vehicle removed and to clean up the street from Justin's blood on the ground."

What if Hillary Clinton and a couple of deputies in the State Department, The National Security Council, Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the White House, and maybe Senators Durbin and Feinstein were all complicit in Fast and Furious? What if Hillary led the strategic planning? What if the administration wanted to restrict our Second Amendment rights and both she and Barack Obama told us that 90% of the weapons used in crimes in Mexico came from the United States – after Durbin and Feinstein had already set the mood for 90%? What if that statistic was more like 17% – and at least nowhere near 90% or 80% or 70%, they knew it, but they continued the lie? What if Fast and Furious was devised to walk sufficient weapons into Mexico to meet their 90% goal? What if that is the framework, the whole being of Fast and Furious

The Muslim Brotherhood’s rise to power in Egypt – and soon, possibly, in Syria - will have pushed to the sidelines such obvious topics as Iran and gas when Monday, June 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin on a short visit to Israel meets Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. On this subject at least, the Russian and Israeli leaders will find common ground: Both are concerned, to put it mildly, by the chain of Muslim Brotherhood governments rolling out along Middle East shores – Libya, last year; Egypt, yesterday; and Syria, tomorrow. In their view, this process is a menace to regional stability which rivals even that of a nuclear-armed Iran.

The fact that the P&C prints radical left-wing editorials as “news items” on their front page is probably why the paper is losing thousands of paying customers per year. The paper has been hemorrhaging jobs for years now as it goes down the drain. The paper saw a staggering 13% drop in circulation in just one recent 18 month period.

Last March I wrote an expose on the media's treatment of George Zimmerman. The article became famous and received over 550,000 views and over 200,000 Facebook shares. A producer at CNN told me over the phone that everyone was talking about me and that I had “changed the national discourse” on the media frenzy.

As the staff at the P&C watches their job security dwindle away, they don't take too kindly to a right-wing amateur writer showing them up. They decided to launch a major attempt at character assassination. Reporter Glen Smith told me his editor assigned him the task of writing about me. He begged me to let him come and take pictures of me in front of my house. I told him I wasn't interested in helping the paper with their obvious goal of making my home a target.

Glen Smith is listed as both the crime reporter and the lifestyle reporter. The paper has been forced to lay off so many people that its reporters are now wearing multiple hats. The old crime reporter was Noah Haguland who did an excellent job and was very well liked and respected by the public. Smith, however, is one of these stereotypical liberal hacks with a ponytail.

I did talk to Smith for over an hour on the phone. From our conversation he looked for what small snippets he could take out of context to look incendiary. Next to my face is a statement that I believe black slaves hit the “slave lottery.” This was a few words taken out of context from about a five minute discussion into the African slave trade.

Even though I have never written about the slave trade before, Smith was keenly interested in asking me questions about it.

An Egyptian plumber in Alexandria beat his pregnant wife to death upon learning that she had not voted for Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohammed Mursi, reported the Egyptian daily al-Wafd on Sunday.

According to police reports, the initial argument between the couple who was not named escalated into violence, despite her pleas. Battered and bruised, she was reported to have died at the hospital from injuries sustained.

President Obama's reelection problems continue in North Carolina, the state that's hosting this year's Democratic National Committee convention later this year. Congressman Mike McIntyre, a Democratic representative of North Carolina's Seventh Congressional District, is now refusing to endorse President Obama.

Egyptian secular and liberal parties sounded dissatisfaction over the reported support of the US for Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate, Mohamed Mursi, but affirmed they would accept the results of the elections due to be announced Sunday.

During a press conference Saturday, representatives of the Free Egyptians Party, the Democratic Front Party, the Revolution Continues Coalition, the Tagammu Party and the Kifaya Movement opened fire on the Brotherhood, voicing suspicion over the group's sudden change of stance towards the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). ...

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“It was deny, delay and recuse,” Issa, a California Republican, said on ABC’s “This Week” of his panel’s clash with the administration.

“Lying to Congress is a crime,” he said. “We have every right to see documents that say, did you know, when did you know, what did you know, including even the president.”

Appearing later on Fox News, Issa also predicted that Republicans and Democrats would vote to find Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress this week.

“I believe they will, both Republicans and Democrats will vote that,” Issa said on Fox News Sunday. “There are a number of Democrats, 31, who wrote to the administration asking them to be forthcoming. Many of them will stay with us now that the administration has not been.”

Issa previously has said as many as 31 Democrats could vote to place Holder in contempt. Still, no Democrats on his committee last week voted with Republicans.

But Issa said it was still possible for Holder to avoid a contempt charge.

"I found this article very interesting. The most notable fact is that2.7 million Americans actually served in the Vietnam Theater of war.In the last census nearly 14 million Americans claimed they served in Vietnam.Four out of five are lying. I wonder why."Hamp

For over 30 years I....like many Vietnam veterans....seldom spoke ofVietnam , except with other veterans, when training soldiers, and inpublic speeches. These past five years I have joined the hundreds ofthousands who believe it is high time the truth be told about theVietnam War and the people who served there. It's time the Americanpeople learn that the United States military did not lose the War, andthat a surprisingly high number of people who claim to have servedthere, in fact, DID NOT. As Americans, support the men and womeninvolved in the War on Terrorism, the mainstream media are once againworking tirelessly to undermine their efforts and force apsychological loss or stalemate for the United States .

We cannot stand by and let the media do to today's warriors what theydid to us 35 years ago. Below are some assembled facts most readerswill find interesting. It isn't a long read, but it will, I guarantee, teach yousome things you did not know about the Vietnam War and those who served,fought, or died there. Please share it with those with whom you communicate.Capt. Marshal Hanson, U.S.N.R (Ret.)

9,087,000 (Million) military personnel served on active duty duringthe official Vietnam era from August 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975.2,709,918 Americans served in uniform in Vietnam Veterans represented9.7% of their generation. 240 men were awarded the Medal of Honorduring the Vietnam War

1. The first man to die in Vietnam was James Davis, in 1958. He waswith the >509th Radio Research Station. Davis station in Saigon wasnamed for him.

2. 58,148 were killed in Vietnam

3. 75,000 were severely disabled .

4. 23,214 were 100% disabled .

5. 5,283 lost limbs.

6. 1,081 sustained multiple amputations.

7. Of those killed, 61% were younger than 21.

8. 11,465 of those killed were younger than 20 years old.

9. Of those killed, 17,539 were married .

10. Average age of men killed: 23.1 years .

11. Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old.

12. The oldest man killed was 62 years old.

13. As of January 15, 2004, there are 1,875 Americans stillunaccounted for from the Vietnam War .

14. 97% of Vietnam Veterans were honorably discharged .

15. 91% of Vietnam Veterans say they are glad they served.

16. 74% say they would serve again, even knowing the outcome.

17. Vietnam veterans have a lower unemployment rate than the samenon-vet age groups.

18. Vietnam veterans' personal income exceeds that of our non-veteranage group by more than 18 percent.

19. 87% of Americans hold Vietnam Veterans in high esteem.

20. There is no difference in drug usage between Vietnam Veterans andnon-Vietnam Veterans of the same age group (Source: VeteransAdministration Study)

21. Vietnam Veterans are less likely to be in prison - only one-halfof one percent of Vietnam Veterans have been jailed for crimes.

22. 85% of Vietnam Veterans made successful transitions to civilian life.

23. Interesting Census Stats and "Been There" Wanabees: a. 1,713,823of those who served in Vietnam were still alive as of August, 1995(census figures). b. During that same Census count, the number ofAmericans falsely claiming to have served in-country was: 9,492,958.

24. As of the current Census taken during August, 2000, the survivingU.S. Vietnam Veteran population estimate is: 1,002,511. This is hardto believe, losing nearly 711,000 between '95 and '00. That's 390 perday.

24. During this Census count, the number of Americans falsely claimingto have served in-country is: 13,853,027. By this census, FOUR OUT OFFIVE WHO CLAIM TO BE Vietnam vets are not.

25. The Department of Defense Vietnam War Service Index officiallyprovided by The War Library originally reported with errors that2,709,918 U.S.military personnel as having served in-country.Corrections and confirmations to this errored index resulted in theaddition of 358 U.S. military personnel confirmed to have served inVietnam but not originally listed by the Department of Defense. (Allnames are currently on file and accessible 24/7/365).

26. Isolated atrocities committed by American Soldiers producedtorrents of outrage from anti-war critics and the news media whileCommunist atrocities were so common that they received hardly anymedia mention at all. The United States sought to minimize and preventattacks on civilians while North Vietnam made attacks on civilians acenterpiece of its strategy.

27. Americans who deliberately killed civilians received prisonsentences while Communists who did so received commendations. From1957 to 1973, the National Liberation Front assassinated 36,725Vietnamese and abducted another 58,499. The death squads focused onleaders at the village level and on anyone who improved the lives o fthe peasants such as medical personnel, social workers, and schoolteachers. - Nixon Presidential Papers .

Common Myths Dispelled:

#1. Myth: Common Belief is that most Vietnam veterans were drafted.Fact: 2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. 2/3 ofthe men who served in World War II were drafted. Approximately 70% ofthose killed in Vietnam were volunteers.

#2. Myth: The media have reported that suicides among Vietnam veteransrange from 50,000 to 100,000 - 6 to 11 times the non-Vietnam veteranpopulation. Fact: Mortality studies show that 9,000 is a betterestimate."The CDC Vietnam Experience Study Mortality Assessmentshowed that during the first 5 years after discharge, deaths fromsuicide were 1.7 times more likely among Vietnam veterans thannon-Vietnam veterans. After that initial post-service period, Vietnamveterans were no more likely to die from suicide than non-Vietnamveterans. In fact, after the 5-year post-service period, the rate ofsuicides is less in the Vietnam veterans' group.

#3.Myth: Common belief is that a disproportionate number of blackswere killed in the Vietnam War. Fact: 86% of the men who died inVietnam were Caucasians, 12.5% were black,1.2% was other races.Sociologists Charles C. Moskos and John Sibley Butler, in theirrecently published book "All That We Can Be," said they analyzed theclaim that blacks were used like cannon fodder during Vietnam "and canreport definitely that this charge is untrue. Black fatalitiesamounted to 12 percent of all Americans killed in Southeast Asia, afigure proportional to the number of blacks in the U.S. population atthe time and slightly lower than the proportion of blacks in the Armyat the close of the war."

#4 Myth: Common belief is that the war was fought largely by the poorand uneducated. Fact: Servicemen who went to Vietnam from well-to-doareas had a slightly elevated risk of dying because they were morelikely to be pilots or infantry officers. Vietnam Veterans were thebest educated forces our nation had ever sent into combat. 79% had ahigh school education or better. Here are statistics from the CombatArea Casualty File (CACF) as of November 1993. The CACF is the basisfor the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall): Average age of 58,148killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years.(Although 58,169 names are in the Nov. 93 database, only 58,148 haveboth event date and birth date. Event date is used instead of declareddead date for some of those who were listed as missing in action)Deaths Average Age Total: 58,148, 23.11 years Enlisted: 50,274, 22.37years Officers: 6,598, 28.43 years Warrants: 1,276, 24.73 yearsE1 525, 20.34 years 11B MOS: 18,465, 22.55 years

#5 Myth: The common belief is the average age of an infantrymanfighting in Vietnam was 19. Fact: Assuming KIAs accuratelyrepresented age groups serving in Vietnam, the average age of aninfantryman (MOS 11B) serving in Vietnam to be 19 years old is a myth,it is actually 22. None of the enlisted grades have an average age ofless than 20. The average man who fought in World War II was 26 yearsof age.

#6 Myth: The Common belief is that the domino theory was provedfalse. Fact: The domino theory was accurate. The ASEAN (Associationof Southeast Asian Nations) countries, Philippines, Indonesia,Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand stayed free of Communism because ofthe U.S. commitment to Vietnam . The Indonesians threw the Soviets outin 1966 because of America 's commitment in Vietnam . Without thatcommitment, Communism would have swept all the way to the Malacca Straitsthat is south of Singapore and of great strategic importance to the freeworld. If you ask people who live in these countries that won the warin Vietnam , they have a different opinion from the American newsmedia. The Vietnam War was the turning point for Communism.(I would like to add that Cambodia, and Laos did fall. BT)

#7 Myth: The common belief is that the fighting in Vietnam was not asintense as in World War II. Fact: The average infantryman in theSouth Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in fouryears. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combatin one year thanks to the mobility of the helicopter. One out of every 10Americans who served in Vietnam was a casualty. 58,148 were killed and304,000 wounded out of 2.7 million who served. Although the percent thatdied is similar to other wars, amputations or crippling wounds were 300percent higher than in World War II .....75,000 Vietnam veterans areseverely disabled. MEDEVAC helicopters flew nearly 500,000 missions.Over 900,000 patients were airlifted (nearly half were American). Theaverage time lapse between wounding to hospitalization was less thanone hour. As a result, less than one percent of all Americans wounded,who survived the first 24 hours, died. The helicopter providedunprecedented mobility. Without the helicopter it would have takenthree times as many troops to secure the 800 mile border with Cambodiaand Laos (the politicians thought the Geneva Conventions of 1954 andthe Geneva Accords or 1962 would secure the border).

#8 Myth: Kim Phuc, the little nine year old Vietnamese girl runningnaked from the napalm strike near Trang Bang on 8 June 1972.....showna million times on American television....was burned by Americansbombing Trang Bang. Fact: No American had involvement in thisincident near Trang Bang that burned Phan Thi Kim Phuc. The planesdoing the bombing near the village were VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) andwere being flown by Vietnamese pilots in support of South Vietnamesetroops on the ground. The Vietnamese pilot who dropped the napalm inerror is currently living in the United States . Even the APphotographer, Nick Ut, who took the picture, was Vietnamese. Theincident in the photo took place on the second day of a three daybattle between the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) who occupied thevillage of Trang Bang and the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam )who were trying to force the NVA out of the village. Recent reports in thenews media that an American commander ordered the air strike that burnedKim Phuc are incorrect. There were no Americans involved in any capacity."We (Americans) had nothing to do with controlling VNAF," according toLieutenant General (Ret) James F. Hollingsworth, the CommandingGeneral of TRAC at that time. Also, it has been incorrectly reportedthat two of Kim Phuc's brothers were killed in this incident. Theywere Kim's cousins not her brothers.

#9 Myth: The United States lost the war in Vietnam. Fact: TheAmerican military was not defeated in Vietnam. The American militarydid not lose a battle of any consequence. From a military standpoint,it was almost an unprecedented performance. General Westmorelandquoting Douglas Pike, a professor at the University of California ,Berkley a major military defeat for the VC and NVA. FACT: THE UNITEDSTATES DID NOT LOSE THE WAR IN VIETNAM , THE SOUTHVIETNAMESEDID. Read on........ The fall of Saigon happened 30 April 1975,two years AFTER the American military left Vietnam. The last American troopsdeparted in their entirety 29 March 1973. FACT: How could we lose a war wehad already stopped fighting? We fought to an agreed stalemate. The peacesettlement was signed in Paris on 27 January 1973.

* It called for release of all U.S. prisoners, withdrawal of U.S.forces, limitation of both sides' forces inside South Vietnamand a commitment to peaceful reunification.

*The 140,000 evacuees in April 1975 during the fall of Saigonconsisted almost entirely of civilians and Vietnamese military, NOTAmerican military running for their lives.

*There were almost twice as many casualties in Southeast Asia(primarily Cambodia ) the first two years after the fall of Saigon in1975 than there were during the ten years the U.S. was involved inVietnam.

*Thanks for the perceived loss and the countless assassinations andtorture visited upon Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians goes mainlyto the American media and their undying support-by-misrepresentationof the anti-War movement in the United States.

*As with much of the Vietnam War, the news media misreported andmisinterpreted the 1968 Tet Offensive. It was reported as anoverwhelming success for the Communist forces and a decided defeat forthe U.S. forces. Nothing could be further from the truth. Despiteinitial victories by the Communists forces, the Tet Offensive resultedin a major defeat of those forces. General Vo Nguyen Giap, thedesigner of the Tet Offensive, is considered by some as ranking withWellington , Grant, Lee and MacArthur as a great commander. Still,militarily, the Tet Offensive was a total defeat of the Communistforces on all fronts. It resulted in the death of some 45,000 NVAtroops and the complete, if not total destruction of the Viet Congelements in South Vietnam . The Organization of the Viet Cong Units inthe South never recovered. The Tet Offensive succeeded on only onefront and that was the News front and the political arena. This wasanother example in the Vietnam War of an inaccuracy becoming theperceived truth. However, inaccurately reported, the News Media madethe Tet Offensive famous.

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.